Carriage-curtain stay.



m. 63!,523! Patented Aug. 22, I899. a. s. HOPPER.

CARRIAGE CURTAIN STAY.

(Application filed Apr. 8, 1899.)

No Model.)

U ITED STATES GEORGE S. HOPPER, OF ITHAOA, NEW YORK.

CARRIAG E-CU RTAIN STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,523, dated August 22, 1899. Application filed April 3. 1899i Serial No. 711,571. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. HOPPER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Ithaca,

in the county of Tompkins and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Curtain Stays; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in curtain-fasteners for carriage-tops, and especially to a convenient means of holding the upper edge ofthe curtain under the flap of the top, thus preventing the sagging of the curtain between the fasteners which secure the curtain to the bows of the P-..

More specifically my invention resides in the provision of a fastener whereby the upper edge of a curtain may be held to the carriagetop; and it consists in providing two complemental plates having ribs on their adjacent faces and designed to be riveted or otherwise held together on opposite faces of the flap of the carriage-top and containing between said plates buttons with tapering shanks andheads at their free ends, which are designed to engage with hooks having elongated slots designed to hold the upper edge of the flapsnugly under the edge of the cover to the carriage-top.

To these ends and to such others as the in vention may pertain the same consists, further, in the novel construction, combination, and adaptation of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the manner of attachment of the curtain to the carriage-top. Fig. 2 is a sectional View on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of two complemental plates detached, and Fig. lis a detail view of the fastening device which is attached to the curtain.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A A designate two complemental plates, which are provided with ribs A, and each of said plates is centrally apertured, as at B. These plates are designed to be riveted or otherwise securely fastened to the edges of the carriage-top wherever it is desired to attach a button, as D. This button is held between the plates, the head of which button is inserted through said central aperture and the base of the button being held in place between one of 'the plates and the edge of the top with the shank and head portion of the button extending through.

Secured at various locations between the points at which the curtain is fastened at its upper'edge to the bows of the carriage-top are the fasteners G, which may be of any suitable shape and designed to be fastened to the curtains so that their upper contracted ends will extend beyond the edge of the curtain. This contracted end is preferably outwardly bent and has an elongated tapering slot,which is largest at its lower end to receive the head of the button, while its upper end is circular in outline. In applying the fastener to the button the head of the latter is inserted through the lower or enlarged end of the slot, and the said fastener having the slot is then drawn down with the fastener held against the head of the button until the shank portion of the latter rests in the upper circular outline portion of the slot, after which the fastener may be pushed back against the face of one of said plates secured to the carriagetop, in which position the enlarged part of the shank portion of the button will snugly fill said circular-shaped end of the slot and prevent the fastener from being pushed up and will hold the upper edge of the curtain in close contact with the lower edge of the covering to the carriage-top, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what a curtain is secured to the ribs of the top, con-' terminates in circular outline, and designed to engage over the head and shank of the button when held in place, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE S. HOPPER.

Witnesses:

DE Fonnsr F. CHRISTIANCE, LEWIS E. DOFFLEMYER. 

